Family:Whitney, David White (1817-1896)

David White⁷ Whitney (Abiezer Holbrook⁶, Nathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Abiezer Holbrook⁶ and Elizabeth (White) Whitney, was born 12 Aug 1817, Litchfield, ME,^[1] and died 3 Oct 1896, Bowdoin, ME.^[2]

He married firstly, 16 Dec 1841, Augusta, ME, Philena L. Church.^[3] She was born 1810, and died 12 Feb 1854, Augusta, ME, aged 44 years.^[4]

He married secondly, 24 Dec 1857, Augusta, ME, Olena E. Church.^[5] She was born 7 Oct 1827.

He is a farmer and is engaged in the granite business; resided Augusta, ME.

Children of David White⁷ and Philena L. (Church) Whitney:

i.	John Harrison8 Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1842; m. 15 Jan 1874, Augusta, ME, Emma L. Severance;[6] resided Augusta, ME.

Children of David White⁷ and Olena E. (Church) Whitney:

ii.	Benjamin Church Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1858; "of Salem, Mass." m. 29 Jul 1890, Gardiner, ME, Carrie E. McCausland;[7] resided Wichita, KS.
iii.	Edwin Wallace Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1864; resided Augusta, ME.
iv.	Alice May Whitney, b. 14 May 1866; resided Augusta, ME.

Census

• 1850, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

903 1040 David W. Whitney 33 M - Farmer $700 Me. Philena L. Whitney 33 F - Me. Harrison Whitney 7 M - Me. Attended school

• 1860, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

1191 1259 David Whitney 41 M - farmer $600 $300 Maine Obena " 31 F - " Harrison " 12 M - " Benjamin " 1 M - "

• 1870, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

1227 1279 Whitney, David W. 52 M W Farming $2000 $800 Maine Male citizen over 21 Olina 42 F " Keeping House Maine Benjamin 11 M " At Home Maine Attended school Edwin 5 M " " " Maine Attended school Alice 4 F " Maine Attended school Harrison 27 M " Blacksmith Maine Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

David W. WHITNEY 62 Self M M W ME Farmer ME ME Olena A. WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Benj. C. WHITNEY 21 Son M S W ME Farming ME ME Edwin W. WHITNEY 15 Son M S W ME At Home ME ME Alice M. WHITNEY 14 Dau F S W ME At School ME ME

• 1880, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

Jno. H. WHITNEY 37 Self M M W ME Blacksmith ME ME Emma L. WHITNEY 37 Oth F M W ME Keeping House NH NH

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 407.

1.^  "David W. [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] Aug. 12, 1817, in Litchfield, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

2.^  "David W. [Whitney], s. Abizer and Betsy (White), [died] Oct. 3, 1896," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

3.^  "David W. [Whitney] and Philena L. Church, [married] Dec. 16, 1841," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.

4.^  "Philena L. [Whitney], w. of David W., [died] Feb. 12, 1854, a. 44," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.

5.^  "David W. [Whitney] and Olena E. Church, [married] Dec. 24, 1857," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.

6.^  "John H. [Whitney] and Emma S. Severance, [married] Jan. 17, 1874. [Int. Emma L.]," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.

7.^  "Benj[amin] C. [Whitney], of Salem, Mass., and Carrie E. McCausland, [married] July 29, 1890," according to Henry Sewall Webster, ed., Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine to the Year 1892 (Gardiner, ME: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1914).

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